Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Raphitomidae > Genus Raphitoma

Raphitoma contigua (Monterosato, 1884)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Philbertia Monterosato, 1884

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Raphitoma*	Bellardi, 1847	accepted genus name
*Cordieria*	Monterosato, 1884	junior homonym
*Homotoma*	Bellardi, 1875	junior homonym
*Cyrtoides*	F. Nordsieck, 1968	synonym
*Peratotoma*	G. F. Harris & Burrows, 1891	synonym
*Philbertia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Raphitoma (Cyrtoides)*	F. Nordsieck, 1968	synonym
*Raphitoma (Philbertia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Raphitoma (Raphitoma)*	Bellardi, 1848	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-savelli, R.; Oliverio, M. (2012). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitominae 1: On the sibling species Raphitoma contigua (Monterosato, 1884) and Raphitoma spadiana n. sp (Gastropoda, Conoidea). Iberus. 30(1): 41-52.
additional source	Hoarau A. & Horst D. (2020). Les genres Cyrillia, Leufroyia & Raphitoma vivants de Méditerranée française. AFC, Paris, and ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 98 pp.
additional source	Landau, B., Harzhauser, M. & Giannuzzi-Savelli, R. (2022). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 16: Raphitomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). Cainozoic Research. 22(2): 157-240.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma contigua (Monterosato, 1884). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596315